10 Hungry Rabbits. written and illustrated by Anita Lobel. 2012. 24p. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Author/Illustrator Website: www.anita-lobel.com
Medium: gouache and watercolor
Awards and Honors: none
Audience: 2 and up
Annotation:
The 10 little rabbits are hungry so they head out to the garden to find colorful vegetables to fill the soup pot.
Personal Reaction:
Lobel presents a simple and sweet color and counting book with 10 Hungry Rabbits. When the 10 rabbit siblings get hungry, Papa suggests they head out to the garden to find ingredients for vegetable soup. One by one, the bunnies pick coloful vegetables- one big purple cabbgae, two white onions, three yellow peppers, and so on. The veggies appear large across the top of the pages for easy counting, and the colors are reinforced below in each rabbit's clothing which matches the vegetables they pick. Papa cuts up the vegetables and Mama cooks, and the entire rabbit family sit down to big bowls of delicious and colorful soup. This is gentle story with appealing illustrations which would lend itself well to a flannel board retelling.
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